765 ILCS 721/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Landlord Retaliation Act.(Source: P.A. 103-831, eff. 1-1-25.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 765 ILCS 721 — Landlord Retaliation Act.
Illinois · statute · 765 ILCS 721 · 5 active provisions
765 ILCS 721/5
Prohibition on retaliatory conduct by landlord
Prohibition on retaliatory conduct by landlord. It is declared to be against public policy of the State for a landlord to take retaliatory action against a tenant. A landlord may not knowingly terminate a tenancy, increase rent, decrease services, bring or threaten to bring a lawsuit against a tenant for possession or…
765 ILCS 721/10
Remedies for violation of this Act
Remedies for violation of this Act. If the landlord acts in violation of this Act, the tenant has a defense in any retaliatory action against the tenant, and a landlord shall be subject to a civil action for damages and other appropriate relief, including, but not limited to, the following remedies: (1) terminate the r…
765 ILCS 721/15
Non-retaliatory actions
Non-retaliatory actions. An action is not retaliatory if the landlord can prove a legitimate, non-retaliatory basis for the action; or the landlord began the action before the tenant engaged in the protected activity.(Source: P.A. 103-831, eff. 1-1-25.)
765 ILCS 721/20
Rebuttable presumption
Rebuttable presumption. In an action by or against the tenant, if within one year before the alleged act of retaliation there is evidence that the retaliation was against the tenant's conduct that is protected under this Act, that evidence creates a rebuttable presumption that the landlord's conduct was retaliatory. Th…